Simon Hilton

Simon Hilton
Born1967 (age 58–59)
Bournemouth, England
OccupationMusic video director
Years active1992 - present
Websitehttp://revl8.com

Simon Hilton (born 1967 near Bournemouth) is a Grammy Award-winning[1] and triple Webby Award-winning[2][3] British music video, concert and documentary director and editor, art director, and multimedia creative based in London, UK.

Early life and career

Hilton grew up surrounded by science and theatre, as his father was a nuclear scientist and director of the Jack Hylton-owned Adelphi Theatre in London. He studied classical music & theory from age 7. In 1980, he was awarded a classical music scholarship to Canford School.[4]

After working in London and graduating with honours from Ravensbourne College in 1989[5], Hilton apprenticed his editing skills at London post-production houses 625 and Rushes. In 1992 he began a freelance editing career, specialising in music-based content. He has to date edited over 350 music videos. From 1992-99, his directing career also flourished at Red Star Films and at The Artists Company, directing a number of videos for Robbie Williams[6] and other prominent EMI and Polydor artists.[6]

He has directed videos featuring, amongst others John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, The Beatles, Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue, Supergrass, Delakota. William Orbit and Ether.[6] Editing credits include David Bowie, The Chemical Brothers, Nick Cave, Oasis, Led Zeppelin, Depeche Mode and Supergrass.[6]. Current projects include music videos & documentaries, live concerts, concert projections, art films, books, music box sets, website design, internet multimedia and archive restoration & development through his agency, REVL8 Ltd.[6]

He has worked with Yoko Ono for over twenty-three years[7] (since directing the Lennon Legend DVD Collection in 2003) for her; managing hers and John Lennon’s multimedia archives, online presences and physical production for Lennon[8]. Since 2016, in collaboration with Yoko and Sean Ono Lennon he has researched, compiled, edited and produced all the Thames & Hudson / John & Yoko books series (John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band[9], Imagine John Yoko[10], Mind Games[11]) and the Universal Music / John Lennon (The Ultimate Collection) audio box sets for John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band[12], Imagine[13], Gimme Some Truth[14], Mind Games[15] and Power To The People[16] and is currently working on Walls and Bridges, and other music, book, film website and multimedia projects.[17]

Directing credits

Sources: - IMDB - IMVDb - REVL8.com

Music videos

Sources: - IMDB - IMVDb - REVL8.com

Music Longforms / Concerts / DVDs

Sources: - IMDB - IMVDb - REVL8.com

Films and documentaries

Sources: - IMDB - IMVDb - REVL8.com

EPKs and miscellaneous

Sources: - IMDB - IMVDb - REVL8.com

Stage Screens (films made to accompany live performances)

Sources: - IMDB - IMVDb - REVL8.com

References

  1. ^ Grammy Award Artist - Simon Hilton
  2. ^ Webby Awards 2022 - Song Exploder John Lennon (2 Awards)
  3. ^ Webby Awards 2024 - Wish Tree for Yoko
  4. ^ Canford School - Notable Alumni
  5. ^ - The Independent: Ravensbourne
  6. ^ a b c d e REVL8
  7. ^ Simon Hilton - LinkedIn
  8. ^ Simon Hilton - LinkedIn
  9. ^ John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band book - johnlennon.com
  10. ^ Imagine John Yoko book - johnlennon.com
  11. ^ Mind Games book - johnlennon.com
  12. ^ John Lennon - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (The Ultimate Collection) - johnlennon.com
  13. ^ John Lennon - Imagine (The Ultimate Collection) - johnlennon.com
  14. ^ John Lennon - Gimme Some Truth (The Ultimate Collection) - johnlennon.com
  15. ^ John Lennon - Mind Games (The Ultimate Collection) - johnlennon.com
  16. ^ John Lennon - Power To The People (The Ultimate Collection) - johnlennon.com
  17. ^ Simon Hilton - LinkedIn

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